Could the Senators Match the 1976-77 Canadiens?

Today as I awoke, I was wacthing TSN, and they had a story on our Ottawa Senators!

Now, it's always nice to be complimented on how good your team is doing, right? Well after watching this, I think it's more than a compliment.

TSN had reviewed things and,well, they had our Ottawa Senators finishing the year with a 79-3-0 record!

Okay, let's recap.

1976-1977 Montreal Canadians Roster:

Skaters						Regular Season					Playoffs
#	Player Name		Birthdate	Age	Pos.	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	Guy Lafleur		1951-09-20	25	R	80	56	80	136	20	14	9	17	26	6
	Steve Shutt		1952-07-01	24	F	80	60	45	105	28	14	8	10	18	2
	Larry Robinson		1951-06-02	25	D	77	19	66	85	45	14	2	10	12	12
	Guy Lapointe		1948-03-18	28	D	77	25	51	76	53	12	3	9	12	4
	Jacques Lemaire		1945-09-07	31	F	75	34	41	75	22	14	7	12	19	6
	Pete Mahovlich		1946-10-10	30	L	76	15	47	62	45	13	4	5	9	19
	Doug Risebrough		1954-01-29	23	F	78	22	38	60	132	12	2	3	5	16
	Yvan Cournoyer		1943-11-22	33	F	60	25	28	53	8	--	--	--	--	--
	Yvon Lambert		1950-05-20	26	L	79	24	28	52	50	14	3	3	6	12
	Rejean Houle		1949-10-25	27	R	65	22	30	52	24	6	0	1	1	4
	Mario Tremblay		1956-09-02	20	F	74	18	28	46	61	14	3	0	3	9
	Serge Savard		1946-01-22	31	D	78	9	33	42	35	14	2	7	9	2
	Doug Jarvis		1955-03-24	21	C	80	16	22	38	14	14	0	7	7	2
	Bob Gainey		1953-12-13	23	F	80	14	19	33	41	14	4	1	5	25
	Murray Wilson		1951-11-11	25	F	60	13	14	27	26	14	1	6	7	14
	Bill Nyrop		1952-07-23	24	D	74	3	19	22	21	8	1	0	1	4
	Jim Roberts		1940-04-09	36	D	45	5	14	19	18	14	3	0	3	6
	Pierre Bouchard		1948-02-20	29	D	73	4	11	15	52	6	0	1	1	6
	Rick Chartraw		1954-07-13	22	D	43	3	4	7	59	13	2	1	3	17
	Ken Dryden		1947-08-08	29	G	56	0	2	2	0	14	0	0	0	0
	John Van Boxmeer	To Colorado	1952-11-20	24	D	4	0	1	1	0	--	--	--	--	--
	Brian Engblom		1955-01-27	22	D						2	0	0	0	2
	Pierre Mondou		1955-11-27	21	F						3	0	0	0	0
	Mike Polich		1953-02-19	24	C						5	0	0	0	0
	Michel "Bunny" Larocque		1952-04-06	24	G	26	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--
Totals							387	621	1008	754

Goalies
Player Name	GP	Min	GA	GAA	W	L	T	Svs	Pct	EN	SO
Michel "Bunny" Larocque	26	1525	53	2.09	19	2	4			0	4
Ken Dryden	56	3275	117	2.14	41	6	8			1	10

And now the 2007-2008 Ottawa Senators roster: 

Forwards
#	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	Age	Birthplace
11	Daniel Alfredsson "C"	5' 11"	205	11 Dec 1972	34	Gothenburg, SWE
10	Shean Donovan	6' 2"	215	22 Jan 1975	32	Timmins, ON, CAN
44	Patrick Eaves	5' 11"	190	1 May 1984	23	Calgary, AB, CAN
12	Mike Fisher	6' 1"	209	5 Jun 1980	27	Peterborough, ON, CAN
71	Nick Foligno	6' 0"	201	31 Oct 1987	20	Buffalo, NY, USA
15	Dany Heatley	6' 3"	220	21 Jan 1981	26	Freiburg, DEU
22	Chris Kelly	6' 0"	195	11 Nov 1980	26	Toronto, ON, CAN
37	Dean McAmmond	5' 11"	195	15 Jun 1973	34	Grand Cachee, AB, CAN
16	Brian McGrattan	6' 4"	234	2 Sep 1981	26	Hamilton, ON, CAN
25	Chris Neil	6' 1"	214	18 Jun 1979	28	Markdale, ON, CAN
27	Randy Robitaille	5' 11"	200	12 Oct 1975	32	Ottawa, ON, CAN
19	Jason Spezza	6' 3"	214	13 Jun 1983	24	Toronto, ON, CAN
20	Antoine Vermette	6' 1"	200	20 Jul 1982	25	St. Agapi, QC, CAN
Defencemen
#	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	Age	Birthplace
7	Joe Corvo	6' 0"	204	20 Jun 1977	30	Oak Park, IL, USA
14	Andrej Meszaros	6' 2"	218	13 Oct 1985	22	Povazska Bystrica, SVK
4	Chris Phillips "A"	6' 3"	219	9 Mar 1978	29	Calgary, AB, CAN
6	Wade Redden "A"	6' 2"	209	12 Jun 1977	30	Lloydminster, SK, CAN
2	Luke Richardson	6' 3"	208	26 Mar 1969	38	Ottawa, ON, CAN
5	Christoph Schubert	6' 3"	229	5 Feb 1982	25	Munich, DEU
24	Anton Volchenkov	6' 1"	232	25 Feb 1982	25	Moscow, RUS
Goalies
#	Player	Height	Weight	DOB	Age	Birthplace
1	Ray Emery	6' 2"	196	28 Sep 1982	25	Hamilton, ON, CAN
29	Martin Gerber	5' 11"	211	3 Sep 1974	33	Burgdorf, CHE

Now I can't really give you stats on the Sens since it's so early in the season, so I wont.

Let's examine:

I wasn't alive way back in 1976, so I really can't tell you how good or bad the players were on the Canadiens.  But some jump out at you:

Guy Lafleur, who had 136 points in 80 games.

Larry Robinson, who had 85 points in 77 games.

Steve Shutt, who had 105 points in 80 games.

And using my knowledge of LAST years Sens:

Dany Heatley, who had 105 points in 82 games.

Daniel Alfredsson, who had 87 points in 77 games.

Jason Spezza, who had 87 points in 67 games.

Those Sens numbers clearly don't really mean much since that season was last year, but they keep getting better.

So in conclusion, it doesn't really matter how you put it, but I really think from the lockout and on it will be impossible to break that 1976-77 Montreal Canadians record. If you take a look at how the NHL has changed over the years, they're making it harder and harder to set unimaginable records like that. I really don't even care if you get the best players of today and put them against their own team, and you still won;t be able set that kind of record. So no, no chance—TSN, keep dreaming.

*If any stats or anything else are wrong please let me know. Feel free to comment.*